(2024-01-25). PBOC, HKMA unveil measures to promote market connectivity. ecns.cn The People's Bank of China and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority on Wednesday announced six new measures involving financial market connectivity, cross-border capital facilitation, and deepening financial cooperation.
(2024-01-25). Israeli press review: Female recruits detained after refusing to serve. middleeasteye.net 
Israeli press review: Female recruits detained after refusing to serve | Meanwhile, the Israeli chief of staff freezes investigations into 7 October attack and Qatar accuses Netanyahu of putting his political career before mediation efforts | Thu, 01/25/2024 – 12: 47 | Soldiers in the mixed gender infantry unit of the Bardelas battalion relax after a training exercise along the Israel-Egypt border, on 1…
(2024-01-25). Iraqi resistance says launches second phase of anti-Israel operations after US attacks. presstv.ir Iraqi anti-terror resistance groups have vowed to continue their operations against military bases, after the Pentagon carries out airstrikes against sites used by the Iraqi forces on the border with Syria.
(2024-01-24). Russia Says Ukraine Shot Down Plane Carrying Ukrainian POWs. news.antiwar.com Russia said on Wednesday that Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian military transport plane over Russia's Belgorod Oblast, killing all 74 people onboard, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that its forces registered two anti-aircraft missiles fired from Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast, which borders Belgorod, that hit the …
(2024-01-24). Despite SCOTUS Ruling, Abbott Promises to Fight Fed Removal of Border Razor Wire. scheerpost.com 
(2024-01-24). Israel's Case at the ICJ: An Armed Conflict Where Only One Side is Allowed to Fight. libya360.wordpress.com Craig Murray An Israeli tank in southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Strip on 19 January 2024 (Jack Guez/AFP) I was the only journalist inside the courtroom at the International Court of Justice for South Africa's genocide case against Israel. Thirty accredited journalists were in a press room in another wing of the building, watching what the…
(2024-01-24). U.S. southern border closure causes major economic disruption. america.cgtn.com 
The current migrant crisis at the U.S. border has led to widespread disruption to social services and local businesses. Eagle Pass, Texas, is one of several border communities where the closed border has been having a major impact on all residents. CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock reports.
(2024-01-24). War on Gaza: A coalition against Netanyahu's forever war is growing in Israel. middleeasteye.net 
War on Gaza: A coalition against Netanyahu's forever war is growing in Israel | Both the prime minister and the military want to keep fighting for personal reasons. But something might tip the balance the other way | Wed, 01/24/2024 – 13: 20 | An Israeli army tank rolls in southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Strip on 24 January 2024 (AFP) | It is too early to say whether the lo…
(2024-01-24). Africa's 10 'most open' countries for travel. independent.co.ug 
African countries are simplifying entry processes and dropping restrictions to improve cross-border travel at inter-country and regional levels. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | In the past eight years, 35 countries have improved their visa policies and, since 2016, five countries have abolished all visa requirements for African travellers. As a result, citizens of at …
(2024-01-24). Israel plans to demolish all buildings in "buffer zone" in Gaza. wsws.org The New York Times reported Tuesday that Israel intends to fully demolish all buildings in a 1,000-meter "buffer zone" along Gaza's border with Israel, citing Israeli officials.
(2024-01-24). Supreme Court narrowly upholds federal immigration authority against Texas measures. wsws.org By a narrow 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that the US Border Patrol can cut through razor wire installed by Texas on the banks of the Rio Grande.
(2024-01-25). Behind the Immigration Crisis: No Visas for Unskilled Workers. counterpunch.org 
The current high-pitched ideological battle over undocumented immigration at the US-Mexico border overlooks a deeper problem: the failure of the legal immigration system to provide enough visas for the large number of unskilled workers seeking jobs in the low-skill sectors of the US economy. The jobs are clearly there, which is why so many workers
(2024-01-25). VP and Border Czar Kamala Harris only wants to protect foreign country borders. sonar21.com Vice President and Border Czar Kamala Harris, who has never been to the border, sat down with Katie Couric for an interview yesterday. Harris was unable to dodge Couric's questions about the open border. Harris refuses to take responsibility for the border crisis and blames Congress. Kamala Harris has a terminal responsibility deficit disorder that will destroy America. | @Michael_Yon @ASavageNation @elonmusk @chr…
(2024-01-25). Israeli Forces Flatten Gaza Border Areas to Create Militarized Zone. news.antiwar.com Israel is destroying buildings and flattening areas of Gaza on the Israeli border to create a so-called "buffer zone" that Israel will militarize, demonstrating its long-term plans to occupy the Strip. According to The Wall Street Journal, Israeli soldiers began working in November in an area in northern Gaza to create a wasteland roughly 1 …
(2024-01-25). Border crisis foments separatism in Texas. infobrics.org Texas governor declares that the American national pact was broken by the irresponsible actions of the federal government.
(2024-01-25). Iran Armey highly prepared to give crushing response to threats: Cmdr. presstv.ir A senior Iranian commander says the Army's Ground Force is highly prepared to give a crushing response to any kind of threat.
(2024-01-24). Lebanon and Jordan insist on an end to Israeli aggression on Gaza. plenglish.com Beirut, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) The interim Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants of Lebanon, Abdullah Bou Habib, and his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi, insisted on ending the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip.